John Sloan - Fifth Avenue Critics or Une Rue a New York

Fifth Avenue Critics (Une Rue a New York)

John Sloan's original etching, "Fifth Avenue Critics (Une Rue a New York)" is printed upon fine, hand-made, laid paper with a partial watermark in the upper margin and with full margins as commissioned and published by Gazette des Beaux-Arts in 1905. It is signed and dated in the plate within the etching to the lower left and bears the publisher's altered title, "Une Rue a New York" along the lower plate mark. Peter Morse catalogue #128, Eleventh and Final State. Fifth Avenue Critics represents a fine, original example of the etched art created by the American, John French Sloan.

Original Etching by the American artist, John French Sloan 'John Sloan'.

Fifth Avenue Critics (Une Rue a New York)

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07.-		Fifth Avenue Critics ("Une Rue a New York") by John Sloan	John French Sloan 'John Sloan' (Lock Haven, PA, 1871 - Hanover, NH, 1951)	Original Etching	1905	Sold
08.-		Fleurs (Flowers Still-Life) by Emile Roustan	Emile Roustan (Cambodia, 1877 - Paris, 1959)	Original Lithograph Printed in Colour	1924
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10.-		La Place de l'Hotel de Ville a Hondschoote (Market Square in the Rain) by Paul Adrien Bouroux	Paul-Adrien Bouroux (Mezieres, 1878 - Paris, 1949)	Original Etching and Drypoint Engraving	1922
11.-		Le Pont de la Tour a Londres by Paul-Adrien Bouroux	Paul-Adrien Bouroux (Mezieres, 1878 - Paris, 1949)	Original Soft Ground Etching Printed in Colour	1921
12.-		Lever de Lune (Moonrise) by Charles Francois Daubigny	Charles Francois Daubigny 'Charles Daubigny' (Paris, 1817 - Anvers, 1878)	Original Etching with Plate Tone	1871
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Title:	Fifth Avenue Critics (Une Rue a New York)
Artist:	Sloan, John French (Lock Haven, PA, 1871 - Hanover, NH, 1951)
Date:	1905
Medium:	Original Etching
Publisher:	Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Paris
Note:	"The controversies about art that erupted in those years (1900-1920) were of many kinds, but the criticism of Sloan centered on the subjects considered to be seamy realities, unworthy of fine art. ... Sloan enjoyed observing life, and responded by recreating delightful street scenes ... (His prints) represent the lively urban genre that he introduced into American etchings, while preserving for us one of many settings and insights of life in New York in an earlier time." *
	John Sloan is arguably America's most important Social Realist etcher of the early twentieth century. His influence upon the course of both twentieth century painting and printmaking is vast. One need only mention such students of Sloan's as Raphael Soyer, Reginald Marsh, Peggy Bacon, Adolph Gottlieb and Aaron Bohrod to realize that the spirit of John Sloan's urban art continued to run strong long after his death.
	John French Sloan was born in the lumber town of Lock Haven, Pennsylvania and moved with his family to Philadelphia at the age of five. His first lessons in drawing and etching were mostly in the 'self-taught' variety and at the age of twenty he gained employment as a staff artist at the Philadelphia Inquirer. In 1892 and 1893 Sloan also attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where he met and befriended other students and instructors such as Robert Henri and William Glackens. John Sloan was hired as an illustrative artist for the Philadelphia Press in 1895 and worked there until 1903.
	After that date Sloan moved to New York City and devoted himself to painting and etching realistic scenes of city life. Along with such fellow artists as Henri, Glackens, George Luks and Everett Shin, Sloan's art was soon at the center of a controversy. These young artists called themselves 'New Realists' or 'Modernists". Opponents and critics of their realist style termed them the 'Ashcan School.' Public acceptance of their fine art was slow in coming. Fifth Avenue Critics provides a striking example. This great original etching was one of ten Sloan created in 1905 for a portfolio entitled, New York City Life. Each etching was printed in a signed edition of 110. After failing to sell but a handful of sets Sloan later, in 1912, decided to offer the complete set plus two additional etchings for the grand total of $35. There were only two purchases. In the following year Sloan accepted the position of unpaid Art Editor of the Masses, a Socialist journal of the day. Trying again to sell his etched art, John Sloan took out a full-page advertisement in this publication offering thirteen of his etchings (including Fifth Avenue Critics) for the price of two dollars each, provided the customer took out a one dollar, one year subscription to the Masses. This time there were no purchases.
	Times, however, were about to change. In 1913 the famous Armory Show opened in New York. Containing numerous examples of contemporary European and American art, it was America's first introduction to truly modernist movements. John Sloan was invited to exhibit two paintings and five etchings there and shortly thereafter became a full time faculty member at the Art Students' League of New York. During the following years John Sloan assumed his place as one of America's great masters. In 1918 he became President of the Society of Independent Artists and was later elected to the National Academy.
	Along with the other nine etchings from the New York City Life set, Fifth Avenue Critics now ranks as one of John Sloan's most famous works of art. Peter Morse (see below) catalogues eleven distinct states for Fifth Avenue Critics. Apart from the signed edition of 110 and the Gazette des Beaux-Arts edition, however, the other states were pulled in only a handful of artist proof impressions. This impression hails from the final, Gazette des Beaux-Arts edition. Sloan sent the plate to this Paris publisher where it was printed by A. Porcabeuf under the alternate title of Une Rue a New York.
	The Gazette des Beaux-Arts: The revival of etching as a prominent form of art first took place in France in the mid nineteenth century. Sparked by the Paris etchings of Charles Meryon, French artists elevated etching to a creative process of art as vital as painting or sculpture. Such an outburst of artistic energy in this field had not been seen since the days of Rembrandt and other seventeenth century Dutch master etchers.
	At the vanguard of this wave was the Paris based Gazette des Beaux-Arts. Beginning with its initial publication in 1859, the Gazette regularly commissioned the greatest etchers of the day to supply original graphic art for publication. Nineteenth century editions included original etchings by Daubigny, Goya, Meryon, Whistler, Seymour Haden, Max Liebermann, Albert Besnard and others. And from the beginning of the twentieth century until it ceased publication in 1930, such fine international artists as John Sloan, Donald Shaw MacLaughlan and others contributed works of original art. With artists such as these it's easy to understand why etchings from the Gazette have long been sought after.
Raisonne:	Peter Morse, John Sloan's Prints: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Etchings, Lithographs and Posters, New Haven, Connecticut, 1969. Catalogue Morse #128, Eleventh and Final State as published by the Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Paris.
	** James Watrous, A Century of American Printmaking, 1880 - 1980, Madison, the University of Wisconsin Press, 1984, p. 46.
Size:	4 7/8 X 6 3/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Framed and Matted with 100% Archival Materials
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Condition:	Printed upon fine, hand-made, laid paper with a partial watermark in the upper margin and with full margins as commissioned and published by Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Paris. Signed and dated in the plate within the etching to the lower left. Bearing the publisher's altered title, "Une Rue a New York" along the lower plate mark. Containing several minuscule scuff marks in the outer margins (well away from the actual etching), else a strong, sharply printed impression and in very good condition throughout. Fifth Avenue Critics represents a prime example of the most important art of John French Sloan 'John Sloan'.
Price:	Sold - The price is no longer available.
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John Sloan (John French Sloan)

Fifth Avenue Critics (Une Rue a New York)